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Justin Crocker

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Biologist studying evolution, development, and gene-regulation. Group leader at EMBL, Heidelberg. Climber.

Heidelberg, Germany
Joined April 2013
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The "Insect Apocalypse (@nytimes)" is happening, with insects declining by 75% in the past 50 years (@guardian). In @ScienceMagazine, "Pervasive sublethal effects of agrochemicals on insects at environmentally relevant concentrations," we look at causes
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New paper with Mindy Perkins @embl and Gašper Tkačik @ISTAustria out in @PNASNews Chromatin enables precise and scalable gene regulation with factors of limited specificity | PNAS
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New review with Lautaro Gandara @embl and Amy Foreman @emblebi Using #AI to prevent the insect apocalypse: toward new environmental risk assessment procedures
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@evgenykvon @ewholling Congrats, cool paper!
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RT @PosnienLab: 2025 will start with a #GoenomiX talk by @timothy_fuqua from @UZH_en. He will present his work "Exploring the biases and me…
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RT @GeneticsGSA: Nominations due TODAY, 11:59pm EST🚨 Recognize the outstanding achievements of early career scient…
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RT @GeneticsGSA: 3 days left to submit an abstract to #Dros25 📣 In this interview, the 5 organizers—@toddnystul, @LeilaRieder, @JustinMCr
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@mc_gambetta Cool, excited to read this work!
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RT @HarmitMalik: Abstract submissions for Fly meeting in San Diego 2025 close soon. If you or your trainees are planning to attend, please…
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RT @siekhauslab: Come to sunny San Diego in March to learn the latest about work in the fly and tell everyone about your great results. Ab…
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A great piece by @DaveGoulson about the implications of our work done @embl Pesticides: farming chemicals make insects sick at non-deadly doses – especially in hot weather
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A bit about our recent work from @embl published in @ScienceMagazine via @cenmag
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RT @GeneticsGSA: Remember to apply to organize a workshop at #Dros25! Submit or complete your application by 11:59 p.m. EST on this Thurs…
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Agricultural chemicals are more toxic to insects than previously thought
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RT @EllenbergLab: How chromosomes are re-organized during cell division is a fundamental and century-old question in cell biology. @KaiBec
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RT @NatureRevGenet: The phenotypic consequences of enhancer evolution #JournalClub by @drjuliejung & Thomas King @U
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RT @ConversationUK: Pesticides: farming chemicals make insects sick at non-deadly doses – especially in hot weather
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RT @ThomasCOTTINET: 🐝"Un des principaux enseignements de ces travaux est que 👉même à des concentrations trop faibles pour tuer l’expositi…
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RT @ScienceMagazine: Even at concentrations too low to kill, exposure to widely used agrochemicals has pervasive negative impacts on insect…
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@GeneticsGSA @toddnystul Come to sunny San Diego. Best meeting to meet scientists of stages! This was the first meeting where I gave a talk as a PhD. student, and it, literally, changed my life!
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